The FIH has been quite busy these last years implementing lots of new rules, new competitions and even new sports. In Buenos Aires the first of two legs of the third round of the Hockey World League finished yesterday. In Antwerp the second leg of this new tournament will start next weekend. I am a […]

The European Hockey League, so it seems, is once again at some kind of cross roads. This years edition, like all others before, was once again played in The Netherlands. At Bloemendaal, the legendary club of players like Floris-Jan Bovelander and Teun de Nooijer. But also one of those clubs thriving on good old fashioned […]

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” is one way to say it. Or another way to put it, mental toughness is “the ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of competitive circumstances.” In other words, being mentally tough means that no matter how difficult the […]

Tomorrow, the 22nd of January 2015, marks the start of the third edition of the Hero Hockey India League! A lot has been said and written about this special competition already… The idea behind this initiative of the Indian Hockey Federation was to boost the sport in their great country. Although Indian media and hockey […]